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christian_church
has definitions from the fields of religion,Christianity
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a group of Christians; any group professing Christian doctrine or belief
Synonyms Examples "the church is debating the issue of women priests" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Up_to the turn_of_the_century , contraception was condemned by all Christian_churches as immoral , unnatural and contrary to divine_law . An action once universally condemned by all Christian_churches and forbidden by the civil_law is now not_only approved by the overwhelming majority of Protestant_denominations , but also deemed , at certain times , to be a positive religious duty . |
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion
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